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Article R40-4 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The decisions of the first president of the court of appeal may be appealed to the National Commission for Compensation for Detentions by: 1° The applicant; 2° The judicial agent of the State; 3° The public prosecutor at the court of appeal. Four copies of the statement of appeal shall be submitted to the registry of the court of appeal. Submission shall be recorded by the registry, which shall mention…

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Article R40-5 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Before the national commission, the applicant and the judicial agent of the State may be assisted or represented by a lawyer at the Conseil d’Etat and the Cour de cassation or by a lawyer registered at the bar of a court of appeal or a judicial court. The provisions of the second paragraph of Article R. 27 are applicable.

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Article R40-6 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The file on the reparation proceedings, together with the statement of appeal and the file on the criminal proceedings, shall be transmitted without delay by the registry of the court of appeal to the secretariat of the national commission. The duties of secretary and registrar of the commission shall be performed by a registrar of the Cour de cassation.

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Article R40-7 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

If this has not already been requested during the proceedings before the first president of the court of appeal, the applicant and the judicial agent of the State may have copies of the criminal proceedings delivered to them free of charge. Only their lawyers may obtain a copy of the file from the Commission’s secretariat. .

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Article R40-8 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When the appellant is one of the persons listed in 1° and 2° of Article R. 40-4, the secretary of the commission shall ask the latter, within fifteen days of receiving the file and by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, to send its conclusions within one month. .

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Article R40-9 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

On receipt of the conclusions referred to in the previous article, the secretary of the commission shall send a copy to the public prosecutor at the Cour de cassation and, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, to the person listed in 1° and 2° of Article R. 40-4 who is not the author of the appeal. This person has a period of two months from receipt of the registered…

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Article R40-11 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The secretary of the committee shall notify the appellant, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, within fifteen days of their submission, of the conclusions of the Public Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation and the conclusions of the person referred to in Article R. 40-9. He communicates to this person the conclusions of the public prosecutor at the Cour de cassation.

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Article R40-12 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Within a period of one month from the last of the notifications provided for in the first paragraph of the preceding article, the person lodging the appeal shall submit, against a receipt or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, to the secretariat of the Commission his or her observations in response, which shall be communicated to the Public Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation and to the person mentioned…

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